CostGrade

Hospitals With the Smallest Gap Between Charges and Payments

Ranked by how much a hospital bills in list charges for every dollar of care actually paid for, across 2,617 graded hospitals. Only hospitals with at least ten priced procedures appear, so a single unusual case cannot put a hospital at either end.

This is not a ranking of cheap care. A low markup means a hospital's list prices sit close to what its care is actually paid for. It does not mean your treatment there will cost less than somewhere else — that depends on your insurance and your case.

  1. 251
    A

    Kaleida Health

    Buffalo, NY

    2.7x — bills about $2.72 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    177 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  2. 252
  3. 253
  4. 254
    A

    Columbia Memorial Hospital

    Hudson, NY

    2.7x — bills about $2.74 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    42 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  5. 255
    A

    Island Hospital

    Anacortes, WA

    2.7x — bills about $2.74 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    35 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  6. 256
    A

    Sauk Prairie Hospital

    Prairie Du Sac, WI

    2.7x — bills about $2.75 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    20 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  7. 257
  8. 258
  9. 259
  10. 260
  11. 261
    B

    Monroe Hospital

    Bloomington, IN

    2.8x — bills about $2.76 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    11 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Proprietary
  12. 262
    A

    St Peters Health

    Helena, MT

    2.8x — bills about $2.76 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    71 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  13. 263
  14. 264
  15. 265
    B

    Unc Hospitals

    Chapel Hill, NC

    2.8x — bills about $2.78 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    222 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Government - State
  16. 266
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  18. 268
  19. 269
    A

    North Baldwin Infirmary

    Bay Minette, AL

    2.8x — bills about $2.79 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    11 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  20. 270
  21. 271
  22. 272
    A

    Brookings Health System

    Brookings, SD

    2.8x — bills about $2.79 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    20 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Local
  23. 273
  24. 274
    A

    Newport Hospital

    Newport, RI

    2.8x — bills about $2.80 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    50 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  25. 275
    A

    The Miriam Hospital

    Providence, RI

    2.8x — bills about $2.81 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    127 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  26. 276
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  28. 278
  29. 279
  30. 280
    A

    Upmc Bedford Memorial

    Everett, PA

    2.8x — bills about $2.82 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    12 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  31. 281
  32. 282
  33. 283
    A

    St Marys Healthcare

    Amsterdam, NY

    2.8x — bills about $2.83 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    25 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  34. 284
  35. 285
    A

    Bronson Methodist Hospital

    Kalamazoo, MI

    2.8x — bills about $2.83 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    165 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  36. 286
  37. 287
  38. 288
  39. 289
    A

    Upmc Somerset

    Somerset, PA

    2.8x — bills about $2.84 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    21 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  40. 290
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  42. 292
  43. 293
  44. 294
    A

    Glens Falls Hospital

    Glens Falls, NY

    2.8x — bills about $2.85 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    100 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  45. 295
  46. 296
    A

    Owatonna Hospital

    Owatonna, MN

    2.8x — bills about $2.85 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    20 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  47. 297
    A

    Ecu Health North Hospital

    Roanoke Rapids, NC

    2.8x — bills about $2.85 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    35 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  48. 298
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  50. 300